The recent smog has been extremely distressing for many asthma patients. Traditional Chinese medicine experts recommend several medicinal porridges to help boost immunity and assist asthma patients in their protection.
1. Honey Almond Paste
Ingredients: 30g almonds, 120g honey, 10g licorice root.
Preparation: Peel the almonds, grind them with 200ml of water to make a juice. Combine the almond juice with honey and licorice root in a clay pot, and simmer over low heat until it forms a thin paste.
Effects: Almonds are warm in nature and sweet with a bitter taste, known for relieving coughs, easing asthma, moistening the intestines, and promoting bowel movements. Honey moistens the lungs and stops coughs, while licorice root clears heat and toxins and harmonizes the properties of other herbs. The combination is effective for relieving coughs and asthma, moistening the intestines, and promoting bowel movements. It is particularly suitable for the "heat syndrome" type of asthma characterized by wheezing, rapid breathing, and yellow, thick phlegm.
2. Ginkgo Porridge
Ingredients: 20g ginkgo nuts, 100g japonica rice, a little sugar.
Preparation: Briefly pan-fry the ginkgo nuts to remove the shells, then cook them with the japonica rice to make a porridge. Add sugar to taste.
Effects: Ginkgo nuts, also known as white fruit, are neutral in nature with a sweet and bitter taste, known for astringing and moistening the lungs, and relieving coughs and asthma. Japonica rice tonifies Qi and harmonizes the middle burner. The combination has an excellent effect of astringing the lungs and relieving asthma, and tonifying the spleen and lungs. It is especially suitable for "lung-deficiency" asthma, where patients are prone to catching colds and their asthma is easily triggered by changes in temperature.
3. Purple Garlic Paste
Ingredients: 60g purple garlic, 90g brown sugar.
Preparation: Peel the purple garlic, mash it into a paste, and place it in a clay pot. Add brown sugar and an appropriate amount of water, and simmer until it forms a paste.
Effects: Garlic is warm in nature and pungent in taste, known for warming the lungs, moving Qi, relieving coughs, and easing asthma. Brown sugar moistens the heart and lungs and warms the middle burner to tonify the spleen. The combination can warm the lungs, dispel cold, and relieve asthma. It is suitable for the "cold syndrome" type of asthma, characterized by an aversion to cold, a sensation of chilliness, and thin, clear phlegm.